Correspondence relating to convocation ceremonies and honorary degrees, 1919-1939.

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Correspondence relating to convocation ceremonies and honorary degrees, 1919-1939.

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This series consists of correspondence from recipients of honorary degrees and recipients of invitations to New York State University convocation ceremonies to the Commissioner of Education. The letters typically include declinations or acceptances of invitations, and plans for convocation addresses. The correspondence rarely exceeds a single typed page per letter. Correspondents include, among others, Albert Einstein, Elihu Root, Franklin Delano Roosevelt, Alfred E. Smith, William H. Taft, and John J. Pershing. Letters relate exclusively to honorary degrees and convocations and contain little in the way of personal information.

.5 cu. ft. (172 items)

New York State Archives

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The office of Commissioner of Education was created in 1904 by the so-called Unification Act (Chapter 40) which established the State Education Department and replaced the Superintendent of Public Instruction and Secretary to the Board of Regents with the Commissioner. Since 1913 the Commissioner has also carried the title of President of the University of the State of New York, conferred by the Board of Regents. From the description of Correspondence relating to convocation ceremoni...